14 DAY TRIAL // The Greenpeace activists, the journalist and the videographer arrested by Russian authorities back in September have not yet been freed. On the contrary, it was late last week when it was announced that they would be moved to a detention center in St. Petersburg.
The organization asks that people who are familiar with their story and agree that they are not in the least guilty of the piracy charges filed against them sign a petition demanding that they be freed as soon as possible.
The petition is actually a letter addressed to Russian embassies in various countries, part of which reads as follows:
“Please join me in calling for piracy and hooliganism charges to be dropped and the immediate release of the 28 activists and two freelancers who have been detained by Russian authorities in Murmansk.”
Furthermore, “I urge you to relay these requests to the Russian government in Moscow immediately.”
Greenpeace explains that local ambassadors in various countries must regularly inform Russian high officials and authorities about what is happening in their host countries.
Hence the fact that, “The more embassies reporting back about this global surge of outrage every day, the more likely the Arctic 30 will be treated fairly and quickly released.”
“Every letter is counted and each letter counts,” the organization stresses.